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Episode 384: Mormonism Part V - King of Beaver Island

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The Paiutes and the Massacre

At least 120 innocent settlers were murdered, although some estimates put it as high as 140. The Paiutes came out of hiding and slaughtered the women and every child above the age of 7 by bludgeoning them to death. A man named John Doyle Lee actually joined the Paiutes in this, chasing down one little girl himself and slitting her throat while two other young girls were raped and murdered on sight. And as soon as the killing was done, the Mormons and the Paiutes cut ears from bodies for the earrings.

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